Authors: Richard A. Marius
ISBN-13: 9780321227164, ISBN-10: 0321227166
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: 5th Edition
An ideal complement for any history course, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinking and writing like an historian.
This engaging and practical text helps students get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches them how to incorporate their own ideas into their papers and to tell a story about history that interests them and their peers. Covering brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing (including argument), and offers guidelines for improving style as well as documenting sources.
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | The Essay in History | 13 |
2 | Thinking about History | 29 |
3 | Modes of Historical Writing | 49 |
4 | Gathering Information and Writing Drafts | 72 |
5 | A Sample Research Paper in History | 109 |
6 | Documenting your Sources | 136 |
7 | Suggestions about Style | 146 |
8 | Conventions | 161 |
App. A | Book Reviews | 175 |
App. B | Essay Examinations | 179 |
Credits | 185 | |
Index | 187 |